Bad Home Life Gets Chronic Criminal a Light Sentence

By David Lombardo

“Don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time,” was the tag line for the 1970’s TV crime show, Baretta. Apparently, times have changed – both culturally and for penal sentencing.

According to a Northwest Indiana Times article, U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon sentenced Anthony Cruz to a 30-month prison term earlier this month. It was a pretty good deal for Cruz who had pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a semi-auto pistol. Cruz is no stranger to the legal system.

In 2016, Cruz and an accomplice broke into the Wirt Emerson High School and were charged with felony burglary for damage to a window, an art room, and water damage in the band room as a result of pipes being cut. Several band instruments sustained damage.

In 2011, after an ATF investigation, Cruz pleaded guilty in federal court to a single count of a felony indictment for being in possession of a firearm. In all, when Cruz stood before Judge Simon, he has spent about 10 years in jail for over a dozen juvenile and adult violations.

So the question is why low-ball a sentence for someone appearing for his fourth unlawful possession of a weapon …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms